Distilling apparatus.



E. BEUCONDRAY n W. G. BERY,

DISTILLING APPARATUS.

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LIGATIOIT FILED MAY 25, 1912.

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DISTILLING APPARATUS. APPLIcAToN FILED MAY z5, 1912.

Patented Nov. 12, 1912.

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EMILE BEAUCONEJRAY VVLLIAM G. BIERY, 0F COVINGTON, LOISIANA.

DSTILLING A PPARA'U S.

ivi@ PATENT @El a Y- e Specification of'Letters latent. Application led May 25, 1912. Serial No. 65258710.`

To all -wiom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EMILE BEAUCON- BRAY and lVILLiAM G. Binnr, citizens ot the United States, residing at Covingtom in the parish of St. Tammany and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useiul Improvements 1n Distilling Apparatusl lot which the following` is a specilicaticn, refer-` .ence being had to the accompanying drawings. v e l Our invention relates to new and vuseful improvements in an apparatus for the `distillation of naval store products and the primary object ofthe invention is toprovide simple device of this character which will be most etlicient in the manufacture 'ci suchV products as turpentine, pineoih rosm, tar,

steam chamber, thereby providing a means to readily extract the resin from the wood and a still-further object resides in provid# ing means whereby a maximum amount of 4products may be obtained from a minimum famount of wood.

vWith theseand other objectsfin view, the invention consists in the novel featuresot' construction, combination and arrangement .of parts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims.

In theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this application, Figure .1 is a comi f pletesideelevation of our device-showing the carrier on'the track-way previous to b e- 'ing disposedlwithinthe Iiurnace. Fig. is a vertical transverse section as seen on line l2-2,*Fig. 1. -Fig is a vertical transverse 1- section through the furnace showing the carrierdisposed therewithin.

planview of parts connected lto the pipe 6. .In describing our invention, we shall re-l tento-the drawings in which similar` reifen :ence .characters designate corresponding parts throughout the severalviewsandin Fig. d Ais a which-y 4 i .1` indicates a furnace ofv any suitable 'size ash pit doors 2 and in the sides thereof furnace a short bars therein is a chamber may be distance above the grate chamber or retort 4f.Y This of any desired shapep`reff rai-@atea Nev. i2, 1912'.

constrnctedof tire brick having the 3, respectively,v formed I and formed within the* i erably cylindrical and the side walls thereof are provided withguide rails or tracks4 5l more particularly described.

the purpose of 'which will be hereinafterand ,VTI-.'65 The chamber 4 within the` furnace isinclined downwardly toward its rear endfrom which rear end extends a discharge'i'pip'e (il l which leads to a receiving tank 7, a shortl 'distance beyond the furnace, while a branch pipe 8 leads to an'additional receiving-tank f 9' and each of said pipes 6 and 8 is provided V.beyond the points of connection therbef".

tween with a manually Aoperated valvelO.

The forward portion" of. thev chamber 1C-com; munie at-es with extending above the top of the furnace,

said' drum, 11 having connected therewithga ipipe 12 which leads upwardly to .a co1'1' 'densinghtank 13 e e '14s. This pipe 12 is coiled within .the tank 'supported upon the frame 13 andleads to a receiving tanker the like,

(not showin) to obtain the condensed prodlucts. Said pipe 12, just referred to, 'ispio-l y vided witha manually operated valve "15 l.

adjacentits connection with Ythe ldrumdl operated sa ety valve 16,.'while a stearnforv pressure. 'gage 17 'is valso provided atljthis point.`

Mounted on the and is also rovided with. an automatically t ground some Ydistance irornP the forward portion ,of the furnace is a supporting frame 18, which 'carries the". movable or sliding tracks "or rails 19, ,saidl the sides of the chamber 4. rEhese tracks, or

rails 19,. may, therefore,- tionto abut against the. rai-lsor tracks 5, but in door 20 of the chamber 4 orderto allow the beinoved in osif out rie s` o th e nd e 100i tracks are movably constructed so as' tofbej;`

thrown out of the path of this door.

A cylindrical carrier 21 'is designejtg, v travel on saidv tracks 5 andy19, the Siamerbe 1 05 .t

ing provided with longitudinal "side railsor the like 22 whicl1 are' adapted said tracks. e the lower half-of the same tornan-3dv of sheet` metal,whi1e the upper half thereof ils/formed to'slide Vvon This cylindrical. carrier ,2L-has i rails or tracks 19 being disposed in substan 95 i tial alinement with the tracks or. rails 5inof longitudinal and transverse strips,

said upper half being formed in sections. each of which sections is hinged to the side edges' of the lower half, and foldable outwardly with respect thereto. These hinged sections form a cover for the carrier which is adapted to receive logs of wood from which the naval store 4products may be obtained and the bottom of the lower half of this inember 21 has mounted therein the `grate bars' or the like 23, which are adapted to receive thereon the aforesaid logs of wood, to slightly space the same from the extreme bottom portion of the carrier 21.` This carrier 21 has the rear end thereof open, while the front end of the same is provided with a low wall 21, the purpose of which will be hereinafter and more particularly described.

The door 20 of the steaming chamber, has removably mounted therein a nipple or the like 24 with which is adapted to be engaged a flexible water pipe, hose or other water connection 25, said connection being extended from any source of supply, (not shown) "whereby water may be readily supplied to the chamber. This nipple is so disposed on the door 20 as to be just above the low wall 21 of the carrier 21, thereby permitting the waterwhichv ows through said nipple to play upon the carrier when the latter is disf osed through the chamber, the purpose of i which will be hereinafter and more particulthedoor 20 closed.

larly described.

Mounted on the one, side wall of the furnace and in connection with the steam chamber therein is a watergage 26, while a heat gage or thermometer 27 is also provided on the furnace to indicate the heat within the steaming chamber there-n.

In operation, the chamber 4 is filled with a predetermined amount of water, which amount is determined according to the circumstances and indicated by the water gage 26, whereupon the door of the chamber t is opened and the tracks 19 moved to aline with the tracks 5 within said chamber. The carrier 21, which has been previouslypflled with the logs, is then moved on the tracks 19 and disposed within the chamber l to rest on said tracks', after which said tracks 19 are returned to their initial positions and As the water within the chamber l boils, through the intense heat from the furnace, the steam rising therefrom will draw from the logs within the carrier the lighter products such as turpentine and pine oil which will arise in a vapor to the drum 11. From the drum the products will be conducted through the pipe 12 to the condensing chamber 13, where said products are cooled and conducted to a receptacle (not shown) and form theturpentine or pine oil. 4

When the flow of turpentine andoil decreases or entirely ceases,

it is ank indicationto the operator that it is time for the exitraction of the heavier products such as rosin and tar, whereupon the valve in the pipe 6 is opened to allow the water in the chamber l to flow therefrom. After removing the water from the chamber L1,the water is allowed to play upon the carrier 521 from the nipple 211, and as the, rosin'and tar are tom of the carrier 21, the same will be conducted away by the flowing with this water in the carrier, to the rear end of the chamber and through the outlet therein to the' pipes 6 and 8 and the tar and rosin will be respectively deposited in the tanks 7 and 9. This flow -of water upon the carrier 21 will, of course, neutralize the heat within the cham ber to prevent the wood from charring too rapidly and thereby prevent the extracted rosin from burning. This flow of water will also form a means whereby the heavier products, tar and rosin, may be conducted therein. In connection with the flowing of water, it will be seen that by the disposition of the nipple 24- at a point just above the plane of the upper edge of the low wall 21, water may readily flow within said carrier, and said wall 21 will prevent the water lfjrom overiowing to the walls of the cham,-

From the foregoing it will be seen that we have 4provided a device which is eX- inexpensive to manufacture and one which l will be very efficient and useful in operation, and while we have particularly described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction may be re-' sorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing'any of the principles of the invention.

Having thus described this invention, what we claim is 1. In a distilling device, a cylindrical carrier, the lower half of which is formed of a single sheet of materiah the upper half thereof being formed of transverse and longitudinal strips designed in hinged sections, and grate bars mounted in the lower section of the carrier.

2. In a distilling device, cylindrical carrier comprising a lower body portion formed of a single sheet of material and-semi-cylm; drical in design, an' .upper lbody portion formed of sections each hinged to the sides the one end of said lower body portion, rods ends of saidtransverse rods, said rails formto the rear endof the device to the outletv extracted from the logs and drop to the bottremely simple and durable in construction,

of said lower body portion, said latter secextending transversely through said lower y body portion, and side rails secured'to the meseta ing rests for the upper hinged sections of the device when their open positions. 3. In a ydist-illing device, la stationary structure having a heating chamber formed therein, said chamber being open at one end thereof and also' provided with outlet openings in the upper and lower'walls of the same, means to support a carrier within said chamber, a closure7 for the open end of the chamber, .a `nipple secured on said closure and having a portion thereof disposed Within the chamber, and a flexible water' vconduit connected to said nipple to supply a heat neutralizing element to the chamber.

4. In a distilling device, the combination with a stationary structure having a rearwardly inclined heating chamber formed therewithin, said chamber having one end thereof open and also provided With'outlet the latter are disposed toA openings in the upper and lower Walls thereof, aclosure for the open end of said chamber, and means extending through said closure to supply Water to the chamber; of an open ended carrier adapted to be supported within the chamber, and an end wall section secured to said carrier at the end thereof to be disposed adjacent the open end of said chamber, the upper edge of said wall section being disposed to a plane just below the planeof the Water supply means in the closure for the chamber.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aiix our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

EMILE BEAUCONDRAY WILLIAM G. BIERY. Vitnesses Y BENJ. M. MILLER, EDWARD J. FREDERICK. 

